Rick Evans - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Start building kits (Score 1) 301

by Rick Evans on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @12:09AM (#31827208) Attached to: Where To Start In DIY Electronics?

I'm the builder/owner of an Elecraft K2 (sn 27xx) and it's a fantastic radio.
It's also a REALLY intimidating first electronics kit and rather expensive.

I'd suggest an MKARS80 instead. http://www.radio-kits.co.uk/mkars80page.html

Price: UKP 55 for a full kit.
Simplicity: Originally designed to be built by hams in India. No surface-mount parts, not many transformers to build.
Features: LCD frequency display, a few big knobs, VOICE comms instead of Morse Code.

The manual is a little light on explaining the theory of operation, but quite solid build instructions.

I'm getting the urge to order one for myself now. Why don't I own this already? Sheesh.

Rick, KG4FER

Lack of Manpower May Kill VLC For Mac 398

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:53PM from the vlc-generally-rocks dept.

plasmacutter writes "The Video Lan dev team has recently come forward with a notice that the number of active developers for the project's MacOS X releases has dropped to zero, prompting a halt in the release schedule. There is now a disturbing possibility that support for Mac will be dropped as of 1.1.0. As the most versatile and user-friendly solution for bridging the video compatibility gap between OS X and windows, this will be a terrible loss for the Mac community. There is still hope, however, if the right volunteers come forward."

Comment Re:Assembly??? (Score 1) 800

by Rick Evans on Thursday March 16, 2006 @02:29PM (#14935362) Attached to: UK Demands Sourcecode for Strike Fighters

Ada is no longer 'required' for DOD projects.

http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/ajpofaq.html

Having said that, the 'safety-critical software' community in the US still loves Ada. I've given presentations to a couple of these groups and the first question they ask is typically "Why aren't you using Ada?" They ask this question several more times, and the only answer they really want to hear is, "You're right, we'll re-write all xxxK lines of verified code in Ada and re-test it for free. Thanks for suggesting that."

Rick

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